- Turkum
- Jeyoteshem
- Durmasastrum
- Cauveyems
Besides, as Rajahmundry had a few Persian schools,^52 it also
sent a list of Persian and Arabic books studied. These were:
NAMES OF THE BOOKS IN USE IN THE PERSIAN
SCHOOLS IN RAJAHMUNDRY
- Caremah Aumadunnanmah
- Harckarum in Persian
- Inshah Culipha and Goolstan
- Bahurdanish and Bostan
- Abdul Phazul Inshah
- Calipha
- Khoran
PRIVATE TUITION (OR EDUCATION AT HOME)
Several collectors, especially the collector of Canara, who did not
send any statistical returns at all, mentioned the fact that many
of the boys and especially the girls received education at home
from their parents, or relatives, or from privately engaged tutors.
Many also stated that higher learning is being imparted in
Agraharams, etc. However, it was only the collectors of Malabar
and of the city of Madras who sent any statistical data on the
subject. The collector of Malabar sent such data with regard to
higher learning, while the collector of Madras about the boys and
girls who were receiving education in their homes. Both the
returns are reproduced in Tables 7A & B.
Regarding the data concerning higher learning from
Malabar, it is reasonable to assume that though learning
through private tutors did exist in most other districts, it was
carried out in Malabar to a far greater extent due to its rather
different historical and sociological background. As will be noted
from Tables 7A & B, those studying in this fashion at this period
(1823) were about twenty-one times the number of those
attending the